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SJB and myself have come to understand each other fairly well. We declared a flame truce well over a year ago, along with the poster mkjessup (almost two years?).

Since then, I know longer have to call it a truce, rather, I find we agree with each other well over 90% of the time, I think he will say the same.

I believe we (D1 and myself) haven't crossed swords since just prior to the reelection of Bambi, and prior to that neither of us were particularly kind to each other (understatement), much like the enmity between SJB Jessup and myself.

I use the 95% figure, I believe it to be true of SJB Jessup and myself, and it appears to be true of D1 and myself as well.

I think most of the 5% is over my support of, and your lack of support for Sarah Palin.

SJB and myself have come to understand each other fairly well. We declared a flame truce well over a year ago, along with the poster mkjessup (almost two years?).
Okay, that's good. I'm not here to cause a rift between forum participants. If that works for you two, I'm glad.

Since then, I know longer have to call it a truce, rather, I find we agree with each other well over 90% of the time, I think he will say the same.
And perhaps that is accurate. I don't follow either of you closely enough to see your agreements/disagreements here. You may agree most of the time. If you do, I'm glad.

I believe we (D1 and myself) haven't crossed swords since just prior to the reelection of Bambi, and prior to that neither of us were particularly kind to each other (understatement), much like the enmity between SJB Jessup and myself.
I remember the go-rounds we had. I had a nickname for you that I used on a number of occassions. I remember not caring for the way you joined with others to attack folks on threads. It particularly stood out to me, because I respected those folks and they agreed with me on those threads. Once again, this pounded home the fact that you and I didn't agree 95% of the time, or anything close to it IMO. I'm not trying to be mean here. I'm just trying to be factually honest.

I use the 95% figure, I believe it to be true of SJB Jessup and myself, and it appears to be true of D1 and myself as well.
I don't want to be argumentative with you. I have addressed this issue. I want to explain why. I try to remain consistent here. I want folks to know where I stand on the issues, and I express myself at length so they can at least understand my rationalle even if they can't ultimately agree. I want folks to know who I am. Okay..., knowing who I am, if a person comes along and states that they agree with DoughtyOne 95% of the time, people would think they knew where that person stood most of the time, if they knew my views. And yet, if that person were merely trying to game people and didn't share my views even close to 95% of the time, it would be my duty to object, explain why, and let folks know why that may not actually be true at all.

I don't want someone claiming to agree with me 95% of the time, to run around the forum attacking folks for beliefs I happen to share. And this has happened countless times before. If a person does that claiming to believe 95% of what I believe, it actually casts a shadow on my reputation. I'm sorry LakeShark, but it's going to take a lot more time than a few weeks for seeming agreement after many years of disagreements for me to see your new demeanor as genuine. And what's more, that's not really my fault.

I think most of the 5% is over my support of, and your lack of support for Sarah Palin.
Well I don't, but that's just my thought on it.

I'm sure this will look harsh to folks, but you and I have a history. It's a long and rich one. I honestly don't know what to make of your new demeanor, but if you changed to adopt it, you can change back just as easily.

I'll have to watch what takes place. 2014 and 2016 are coming. I suspect I'm going to see the old LakeShark again. So for now I'll be content to agree where I can, and disagree where I can't. In short, I haven't changed. We both know who has.